Food, cooking, eating, and me

I know it’s been a while, but unlike other times of redolence and maybe debauchery, I’ve been working hard trying to perfect recipes worthy of posting. Unfortunately, some of these recipes require a lot of attempts before you feel like you’re starting to make progress. Then all of a sudden, you’re there.

I’ve got one here now.

Oh, this is perfect. Light, airy, crispy, gluten-free, and vegan.

Gluten-free vegan chocolate waffles

Makes 3 waffles

• 1 cup of rice flour blend (4 parts white rice flour, 1 part sweet rice flour)
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil, refined or virgin (non-vegan option: butter
• 3/4 cup water

Method 1: sift together the dry ingredients. Melt the coconut oil. Mix all together with the water and beat with a wire whisk until smooth.

Method 2 (when the coconut oil is solid): Place the dry ingredients and the coconut oil in the food processor and process until smooth. Dump into bowl and beat with wire whisk until smooth.

Heat a non-stick waffle iron on high. When hot, brush grids with a little coconut oil. Pour enough batter to almost cover the bottom grid, close the iron and bake until done. Remove, sprinkle with powdered sugar and eat out of hand, or serve with crushed berries.